The new 15,000 baht tax deduction for purchases is alone is estimated to cost the state 5 billion baht. At a quick glance, we reckon that this list of populist giveaways and reductions must be costing as much as three times that 5 billion baht.

Prayuth and his anti-democrat cronies and allies used to call such “populist” programs “policy corruption.” What do they call it when they are the ones ladling it out and benefiting? Charity by and for “good” people? We have called it repressive populism.

[…] On 25 December last year, the same self-proclaimed premier, General Prayuth Chan-ocha came up with a new giveaway: a 15,000 baht tax deduction for purchases which was estimated to cost the state 5 billion baht. […]

[…] On 25 December last year, the same self-proclaimed premier, General Prayuth Chan-ocha came up with a new giveaway: a 15,000 baht tax deduction for purchases which was estimated to cost the state 5 billion baht. […]